Japan voters expected to return Abe to power in snap election

December 14, 2014 9:07 AM

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December 14, 2014: A woman casts her vote for parliament's lower house election as a representative, right, of a local election administration commission observes at a polling station in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe looked set to win a strong majority in a parliamentary election Sunday viewed as less of a verdict on his policies than an acquiescence to the ruling party's growing power.